EID, S.A.
EID, S.A. (Empresa de Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Electrónica, S.A.) is a Portuguese research and development company, established in 1983. The company is specialized in the fields of electronics, communications and command and control, mainly for Defence use.
| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications, Electronics, Defense |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | Lazarim, Portugal |
| Website | https://www.eid.pt/ |
EID is a private owned company. Its shareholder structure is composed by Cohort Plc (80%), idD Portugal Defence (18%) and IAPMEI (2%).
The company makes military communications systems, including its ICCS (Integrated Communications Control System) that is the responsible for the integration and management of all the communications on board a warship, intercom systems for all types of armoured vehicles, field digital switchboards and telephony equipment, etc., besides the design, supply and deployment of large scale turnkey systems at National scales.
EID's Customers include a number of armed forces in Europe, Africa, South America, Middle East and Asia Pacific.
The activities of EID are divided by the following lines of business: naval communications, tactical communications, military messaging and systems integration.
In 2012 EID already supplied more than 500 field switchboards and more than 7000 telephone sets to different customers.